Railway-rail anchor.



B. B. BETTS.

RAILWAY RAIL ANCHOR.

APPLICATION FILED MAR25, 190a.

Patented July 4,1911.

UNITED PATENT OFFICE.

isENJAnIN B. Burrs, onsr liaoulis, COMPANY, or g'uIsvILL MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR TO POSITIVE RAIL ANCHOR KENTUCKY, [A CORPORATION OF VIRGINIA.

RAILWAY-RAIL ANCHOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 4, 1911.

A plication filed March '25, 13508. Serial No. 423,181

To all whom it may concern:

'Be' it known that LgBEN AMIN B. Burrs, a citizen of the United States, and resident of St. Louis, Missouri, lhalvelinvented certain- 6 new an useful Imprdve nents in Railway- Rail Anchors, of which the following is a specification: containing a 'full, clear, and ,exact description, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, forming a partvices, to simplifyaand cheapen the construc- 20 tion of devices ()Eitll class to which my invention pertains, and; to provide an anchor or stay which; maybe easily and" uickly placed in position upon or removed; om the rail ,base. a g 4 I I To the above purposes, my invention con- ;ts 1n certain novel-,features of construcher'ei after more fully set forth, pointed 13* t in t e claims, and illustratedin the ac.

company-mg drawings, in which:

'QIFi'gure. 1 is. a plan iew of a short section of 'r'ailrny' rail, showing myimproved anc' or in ppsitionthereon and bearing against across tteyFig. .2 is a view looking at the under ,side of one of the anchors in position one ra'l Fig-3 is a cross section of a rai1- Way 'raland showing the anchor applied to i said rail and in elevation; and is a horizontal section taken apprortiniatcly on t the line 44 of Fig. 3. 1

My improved anchor or stay is constructed in a single'piece, and comprises a fnain body 1, which when the anchor is in'use oc upies: a diagonal position beneath the 1 ail base, and formedintegral with one end f this body portion 1 is a hook 2, which is v so arra'riged as to" engage over one edge of the base flange of the rail, and 'one end of the inner ,face of tlllSdlOOlC is,-cut away, as

0 dc' ighated by 3, and the top surface of thebody 1 adjacent this cut away end is notched,

or recessed, as designated by 4, which/coristruction is provided in order that the an-' chor ma be readily positioned on a rail.

liar 1darrangement of parts, which will.

lhe inner face 5 of the hook 2 is adapted to bear directly uponthe outer edge of one side of the base flange of the rail when the anchor is in use, and the under side of said hook 2 is slightly inclined to conform with the inclination of the top surface of the base flange. i i

, Formed integral with the under side of the body 1 is a centrallydisposed strengthenin'g rib 6, which'extendsaround onto the top of the hook 2. y, 1

. Formed integral with the end of the body 1 opposite the hook iijis a hook-7, which is adapted to engage [the edge f the base flangeopposite from the edge'engaged by the book 2, and the undensurfacefiof this liook 7 is inclined ltO correspond With the inch nation of the top surface of the base ormed integral with the sides of the flagge of the rail.

ho k 7 are strengthening ribs or flanges 9,

.which pass entirely around saidhook and join with the rib or flange 6 at the approximate center of the body 1.

Formed integral with the end of the body 1 adjacent the hook .7 is an extension plate 10, on the end of which is formed integral a vertically disposed plate 11, and formed integral with the plates 10 and 11 is a strengthening rib 12, which joins with the ribs 6 and 9. The plate 11 is designed to bear against one of the side faces of a cross tie or like fixed object, and the top edge of said plate is in horizontal alinement with the top surface of the body 1 of the anchor.

The anchor or stay so constructed is applied for use by first engaging the hook 2 over one of the edges of the base flange of the track rail, then swinging said anchor in a horizontal plane until the edge of the base flange drops into the notch or recess 4 and cut away corner 3, which position is shown by dotted linesA-A in Fig. 1, and when so positioned the op osite end of the anchor carrying the hook is brought upward until the end of said hook 7 passes the corresponding edge of the base flange of the rail, after which the end of the anchor on which the hook 2 is formed is shifted in a horizontal pl'ime to/bring the upperportion of said hook 7 'over the corresponding' edge of the base flange jdfthe rail, andlhe entire anchor or stziy' is now moved longitudinally upon the rail until the plate 11 bears against the side of the tie or other fixed object. The hook 2 is now struck with a'hamlner onlike tool, to

drive the same to ard the tie, and asa result of this blow the book, 1' ,is (1ra\\"/,riinto close engagement with the lfcorrespondmg edge of the base flange of the rhil, 'and as a result said corresponding edge of the base flange acts as a wedge cnteringthe hook, and the friction resulting from said wedging action very tightly grips and clamps the anchor upon the rail, which gripping action is further increased by the tendency of the rail to creep in the (llIQCtlOIL indicated by the arrow 111 Fig. 1, and thus the anchor is made self-gripping and self'tightening without the use of bolts, clamps, orlike auxiliary devices.

The anchor is constructed with sulhcient space between the hooks 2 and 7 to accommodate the movement of the book 7 toward the base flange, and the under side of the hook 7 inclined to correspond with the inclination of the top surface of the base flange, in order that the contacting surfaces, when brought into close contact witlrone another will create the friction necessary to cause the beneath the of the rail and provided at its opposite ends with upturned jaws to engage the base flanges of the rail and provlded at one end with an arm or abutment 'to engage a tie, a portion of the inner face of the outer wall of one of said jaws being cut away opposite the edge of the rail flange topermit, the easy insertion of the anchor upon the'rail, said abutment being located below the upper face of the. main body portion to permit it to be swung beneath the rail as the anchor is set in position thereon, i

2. A rail anchor formed of asingle piece and comprising hbody portion 1 provided at one end with a"hook or jaw 2 said hook or jaw to grip the top and bottom surfaces of the rail flange an'd hold the edge of the rail flange away from the jaw, the cavity of said hook or jaw being formed with a portion of the inner face of the outer wall cut away, a hook or jaw 7 at the opposite end of 'said body provided with a long and shallow cavity to receive the opposite base flange of the rail the upper and lower-faces of said cavity being formed to,

grip the flange and the cavity beingof such a length that the edge of said flange will notcontact with the inner face of the outerv wall of said hook or jaw and an arm or extension 10. to engage the tie, saidhooks or jaws 2 and 7 being separated at such dis tanceapart, and said jaw 7 having its inner edge so inclined that the anchor. maybe; readily slipped into engagement with the base flanges of the rail.

3. A. self gripping anchor for railway rails, constructed of a single piece of metal. comprising a main body portion, one 'end of which is provided with an integral plate adapted to bear against the tie when the anchor is in use and. to re'ceiije the thrustya pair of oppositely disposed 'hooks formed integral with the said main body portion, the hookadjacent said plate having an in- I clined under gripping face, the inclination thereof corresponding to the inclined top surface of the; base'fiange of the railway rail on which the anchor is adapted to be posi tioned, a clearance space between the inside of said hook and the edge of the base flange oi the rail on which said-anchor is adapted to be positioned and said hook engaging said rail base only on the inclined top surface thereof and the inner edge of which hook is oblique to the axis of the IHIl'WhQIQbythG.

thrust imposed on said tie-bearing plate is obliquely applied to the top surface cfthe base flange, theopposite hook being formed integral with the main body and being approximately centrally disposed with relation to the first mentioned hook and thetie-bearing plate, said. hook being provided on its under side with an inclined under "face adapted to snugly lit the top face of the base l'ltll'lgt) of the rail; on which said anchor may be positioned, the end wall of said hool-c having a gripping surface which is adapted] to engage the edge of the base flange/0f the rail for receiving and distributing the thrust horimntally through the main body, portion of the anchor.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification, in presence of twosubscribing witnesses. l BENJAMIN'B. BELTS.

Vlitnesses M. P. SMIT'T.

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